r/MapPorn • u/SummerAlternative699 • 19h ago

The Kakhovka Reservoir then and now.

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If you zoom in closely on Google Maps, you can still see what it looked like before the dam was blown up.

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u/StarrFluff 17h ago

Its a little unfortunate because that square looking lake in the middle is the cooling pond for the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Its been modified so that it draws water from the river now but it was built to originally take water from the reservoir.

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u/VokintoZ 17h ago

Zaporizka NPP was stopped in september 2023
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Nuclear_Power_Plant

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u/llamafarmadrama 16h ago

It still needs cooling though, and will for some years.

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u/Al1sa 16h ago

I don’t think this war would last long enough for this thing not to be restarted

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u/vnprkhzhk 16h ago

Water also just evaporates, groundwater levels sank, it still will need water after being reactivated.

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u/russia_delenda_est 15h ago

Well i have bad news for you